beat out
verb
beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out
1
: to make or perform by or as if by beating
2
: to mark or accompany by beating
3
: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base
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According to claims, these new chips could easily beat out NVIDIA’s leading tech in some specific generative tasks, such as video production and image synthesis.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2025
All the while, the Canes beat out Florida, FSU, LSU and others for Class of 2025 safety Bryce Fitzgerald, whose end-zone interception (his second pick of the day) sealed Saturday’s win.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
This was Encore’s biggest year ever, beating out 2019, Erwin said.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Savannah Louie won and beat out 17 contestants — including the other two final castaways, Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2025
All the while, the Canes beat out Florida, FSU, LSU and others for Class of 2025 safety Bryce Fitzgerald, whose end-zone interception (his second pick of the day) sealed Saturday’s win.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
This was Encore’s biggest year ever, beating out 2019, Erwin said.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Savannah Louie won and beat out 17 contestants — including the other two final castaways, Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Beat out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beat%20out. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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